M4.7 earthquake 113 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 113 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia on Fri, Apr 12, 1985, 8:06 AM GMT+9 (23:06 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.0 142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-11 23:06:18 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.541° N, 126.683° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 7.0142 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15145 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15145 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7134 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15145 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.7137 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 15145 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.9151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15144 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5147 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15144 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5156 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15144 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15142 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.1151 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15141 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.163 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15132 days ago · 172 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15131 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.2133 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15130 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.6137 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15125 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.6153 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15118 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2146 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15118 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0165 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15107 days ago · 176 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.0128 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15087 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 5.2135 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 15151 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.556 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia · 15152 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.3123 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 15166 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.3136 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 15167 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dqh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.